abandon everything Japan had gained to that point--which was almost an impossibility--he could not expect any kind of concession from the United States, whose determination to strike down Japan was forged on the day the Tripartite Alliance was formed.
Two important perspectives brought to bear on the issue of international relations can be described as the Realist perspective and the Liberal perspective. The realist approach considers how people behave and not how they ought to behave. The realist perspective involves an understanding of the use of state power as necessary in certain circumstances, and a realist analysis of international issues centers on the optimization of power and the proper or improper use of power. The realist sees society as held together by power. The way power is organized in a society depends on the resources available in that society:
Power is not a stuff whose ingredients can be listed; it is not even exactly an ability of persons; it is a relationship, a situation. It i
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